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The infinite pigeonhole principle for 2-partitions ($\mathsf{RT}^1_2$) asserts the existence, for every set $A$, of an infinite subset of $A$ or of its complement. In this paper, we study the infinite pigeonhole principle from a…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-09-21 Benoit Monin , Ludovic Patey

Hirst investigated a slight variant of Hindman's Finite Sums Theorem -- called Hilbert's Theorem -- and proved it equivalent over $\RCA_0$ to the Infinite Pigeonhole Principle for all colors. This gave the first example of a natural…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-01-10 Lorenzo Carlucci

We study the uniform computational content of different versions of the Baire Category Theorem in the Weihrauch lattice. The Baire Category Theorem can be seen as a pigeonhole principle that states that a complete (i.e., "large") metric…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-11-14 Vasco Brattka , Matthew Hendtlass , Alexander P. Kreuzer

We study the relations under Weihrauch reducibility of the well-ordering preservation principle for the operator $X \mapsto X^\omega$ and the Ordered Ramsey Theorem. Both principles are known to be equivalent to $\Sigma^0_2$-induction in…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Lorenzo Carlucci , Giordano Celli

We state the Ramsey property of classes of ordered structures with closures and given local properties. This generalises many old and new results: the Ne\v{s}et\v{r}il-R\"{o}dl Theorem, the author's Ramsey lift of bowtie-free graphs as well…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-07 Jan Hubička , Jaroslav Nešetřil

We prove that the existence of finite combinatorial objects such as affine planes, mutually orthogonal Latin squares, and resolvable balanced incomplete block designs can be reformulated as the existence of certain algorithmic reductions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Damir D. Dzhafarov , Jun le Goh

A Ramsey-like theorem is a statement of the form ``For every 2-coloring of $[\mathbb{N}]^2$, there exists an infinite set~$H \subseteq \mathbb{N}$ such that $[H]^2$ avoids some pattern''. We prove that none of these statements are…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Ahmed Mimouni , Ludovic Patey

We consider finitary approximations of the (embedding) Ramsey property. Using a class of homogeneous reducts of random ordered hypergraphs, we prove that these properties form a strict hierarchy. We also show that every class of finite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Nadav Meir , Aris Papadopoulos

In recent years, there has been much progress in the field of structural Ramsey theory, in particular in the study of big Ramsey degrees. In all known examples of infinite structures with finite big Ramsey degrees, there is in fact a single…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Jan Hubička , Andy Zucker

An open question in reverse mathematics is whether the cohesive principle, $\COH$, is implied by the stable form of Ramsey's theorem for pairs, $\SRT^2_2$, in $\omega$-models of $\RCA$. One typical way of establishing this implication would…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-12-05 Damir D. Dzhafarov

Let $\mathfrak M=(M,\mathcal X)$ be a model of $\mathsf{RCA}_0+\text{$\Sigma^0_2$-bounding}$ in which $\Sigma^0_2(A)$-induction fails for some $A\in\mathcal X$. We show that (i) if $\mathfrak M$ is a model of the combinatorial principle…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Chi Tat Chong , Tin Lok Wong

We give elementary proof that theory $T^1_2(R)$ augmented by the weak pigeonhole principle for all $\Delta^b_1(R)$-definable relations does not prove the bijective pigeonhole principle for $R$. This can be derived from known more general…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Mykyta Narusevych

In this thesis, we investigate the computational content and the logical strength of Ramsey's theorem and its consequences. For this, we use the frameworks of reverse mathematics and of computable reducibility. We proceed to a systematic…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-02-19 Ludovic Patey

Ramsey theory looks for regularities in large objects. Model theory studies algebraic structures as models of theories. The structural Ramsey theory combines these two fields and is concerned with Ramsey-type questions about certain…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Matěj Konečný

The Ginsburg--Sands theorem from topology states that every infinite topological space has an infinite subspace homeomorphic to exactly one of the following five topologies on $\omega$: indiscrete, discrete, initial segment, final segment,…

We prove the Ramsey property for classes of ordered structures with closures and given local properties. This generalises earlier results: the Ne\v{s}et\v{r}il-R\"odl Theorem, the Ramsey property of partial orders and metric spaces as well…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Jan Hubička , Jaroslav Nešetřil

In this paper we provide explicit dual Ramsey statements for several classes of finite relational structures (such as finite linearly ordered graphs, finite linearly ordered metric spaces and finite posets with a linear extension) and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Dragan Mašulović

We construct an $\ll^2$-solution (also known as a weakly low solution) to ${\mathrm{D}^2}$ within ${\mathrm{B}\Sigma^0_{3}}$ and prove the $\ll^2$-basis theorem for $\mathrm{RT}^2$ over ${\mathrm{B}\Sigma^0_{3}}$. The $\ll^2$-basis theorem…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Hiroyuki Ikari , Keita Yokoyama

We investigate bounds in Ramsey's theorem for relations definable in NIP structures. Applying model-theoretic methods to finitary combinatorics, we generalize a theorem of Bukh and Matousek [B. Bukh, J. Matou\v{s}ek.…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-01-27 Artem Chernikov , Sergei Starchenko , Margaret E. M. Thomas

Reverse Mathematics (RM for short) is a program in the foundations of mathematics where the aim is to find the minimal axioms needed to prove a given theorem of ordinary mathematics. Generally, the minimal axioms are equivalent to the…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-11-27 Sam Sanders